Control button

Shutter button

MENU

Mode dial

Set the mode dial to P, S, A, M, SCN or .

Press MENU.

The menu appears.

Select [PFX] (P. Effect) with /, then select the desired mode with /.

Shoot the image.

To cancel Picture Effects

Select [Off] in step .

¥Picture Effect setting is not maintained when the power is turned off.

Shooting still images in RAW mode— RAW

Used when you want to record the raw data directly onto the recording medium as it is. The data can be reproduced with much less deterioration in image processing and be displayed using the exclusive software provided.

A compressed JPEG format image like that is recorded in normal shooting is recorded at the same time.

Control button

Shutter button

MENU

Mode dial

Set the mode dial to , P, S, A, M or SCN.

Press MENU.

The menu appears.

Select [Mode] (REC Mode) with /, then select [RAW] with .

Shoot the image.

You can do the next shooting after ÒRecordingÓ disappears from the screen.

To return to normal mode

Select [Normal] in step .

•To reproduce a RAW data Þle using a computer, software is required. Install the ÒImage Data Converter Ver.2.0Ó (for Windows / Macintosh), ÒPicture PackageÓ (for Windows) or ÒImage Data Converter Ver.1.5Ó (for Macintosh) software on the supplied CD-ROM on your computer. Since a RAW data Þle is a special type of Þle, ordinary software cannot open a RAW data Þle.

•The JPEG image is also recorded in the image size selected by the Image Size setup (page

24). (However, [3:2] cannot be selected.) RAW data images are recorded in [7M] size.

•Writing data takes more time than in normal recording mode.

•Digital zoom cannot be used.

•For the number of images that can be recorded, see pages 133, 135.

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